Tag Archives: Copenhagen

Seen on the Superpedestrian site

Posted on December 28, 2019 by jsallen

What’s wrong with this picture? It’s the main photo on the home page of Superpedestrian, which manufactures the Copenhagen Wheel, a bicycle hub motor that looks like a huge M & M candy. No, the problem isn’t anything about the … Continue reading →

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Michael Colville’s Pitch

Posted on August 29, 2016 by jsallen

About the video here by Mikael Colville of copenhagenize.com: Mikael Colville’s talk in the video is introduced by a video clip of a rather sorry infrastructure situation, with a crowd of bicyclists slowly making their way forward, cramped in a … Continue reading →

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Translation of complete paper on German bikeways 1897-1940

Posted on May 14, 2015 by jsallen

I’ve prepared a full translation of the important paper by Dr. Volker Briese of the University of Paderborn in Germany about the history of German bikeways from 1897 through the start of World War II. This has previously been available … Continue reading →

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Danish story, video and comments on the Albertslund-Copenhagen “bicycle superhighway”

Posted on September 4, 2012 by jsallen

A reader pointed me to a news story on the politiken.dk blog about the Copenhagen/Albertslund “bicycle superhighway” which is getting attention and publicity. The reader’s comments on my previous post read: Yeah, its kind of joke, but to be fair … Continue reading →

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The culture creates the system…

Posted on March 11, 2011 by jsallen

There’s something I’ve been trying to find a way to say for quite a while now. Mighk Wilson just said it, and very eloquently: The culture creates the system, not the other way around.  American bikeway advocates are attempting to … Continue reading →

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Ciccarelli on cycle tracks

Posted on March 19, 2010 by jsallen

John Ciccarelli is a consultant on bicycling and a League of American Bicyclists-certified cycling instructor who specializes in teaching adults who have never ridden a bicycle before. His comments here are reprinted by permission, and are in response to an … Continue reading →

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Safe separation with the Copenhagen curb?

Posted on February 28, 2010 by jsallen

How does a Copenhagen cycle track make bicycling safer? By putting bicyclists behind a low curb, a curb which a motor vehicle with its big tires can mount, but a bicycle can’t. The curb increases safety for bicyclists the way … Continue reading →

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Streetcars and bicycles

Posted on January 28, 2010 by jsallen

The rails for the E line branch of the Green Line subway/streetcar in Boston, Massachusetts, USA occupied the middle of two-lane Centre Street for over 20 years after service was discontinued. There had been a proposal to redo the street … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen in 1937 — what can it tell us?

Posted on December 22, 2009 by jsallen

I thank Ralph Fertig of the Santa Barbara, California Bicycle Coalition for drawing the attention of the bicycling community to the following fascinating travelogue from Copenhagen, shot in Technicolor in 1937. Not all of the film is about bicycling, but … Continue reading →

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